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St. Louis cop protests in less than 4 minutes

Here is a compilation of video from the protests and events since Friday, when Belleville, IL, native and former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of murder. From smashed windows to rock concert cancellations, here is a quick review.

Here is a compilation of video from the protests and events since Friday, when Belleville, IL, native and former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of murder. From smashed windows to rock concert cancellations, here is a quick review. Edited by Steve Nagysnagy@bnd.com

Here is a compilation of video from the protests and events since Friday, when Belleville, IL, native and former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of murder. From smashed windows to rock concert cancellations, here is a quick review. Edited by Steve Nagysnagy@bnd.com

Religious leaders and elected officials called for a full investigation into the weekend arrests of protesters at the St. Louis Galleria, alleging excessive force.

State representatives, aldermen and pastors joined at a press conference Monday, decrying the arrests of 22 people during a demonstration walking through the Galleria on Saturday. In one controversial news photograph, a police officer appears to be choking an older black woman; police said she attacked the officer first, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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Warning: Explicit language. A protester confronts a police officer in riot gear shortly before violence breaks out during a protest in the Delmar Loop in University City, Mo. People were there to protest the not-guilty verdict in the first-degree murder trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley in the December 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith.

Warning: Explicit language. A protester confronts a police officer in riot gear shortly before violence breaks out during a protest in the Delmar Loop in University City, Mo. People were there to protest the not-guilty verdict in the first-degree murder trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley in the December 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith.

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The ACLU of Missouri, which has already filed a lawsuit against St. Louis over police tactics, issued an open letter over the weekend asking city leaders to remind law enforcement of the Constitutional requirements of policing demonstrations. Another lawsuit, filed by the MacArthur Justice Center, alleges that police are required to cite and release protesters instead of jailing them, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Meanwhile, more than 40 St. Louis-area businesses have signed a petition supporting the ongoing protests and criticizing police response as overly violent and unconstitutional. “The damage that we have or potentially could sustain during these demonstrations is a small price to pay in the fight for justice,” it reads. “We recognize that glass can be replaced, that profit is not everything and can eventually be recovered, and that fear of these problems heading to our business districts or our shops is fleeting.”

Signers include the owners of Left Bank Books, MoKaBe’s, Golden Grocer, Pi Pizzeria, the Crow’s Nest and several others. Pi Pizzeria was blasted by the St. Louis police union late last week because of statements by its owner on social media; a pro-police protest in front of Pi Pizzeria drew few protesters, according to the Riverfront Times.

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Warning: Explicit language. At about 11 p.m. Saturday, agitators began smashing windows of businesses up and down Delmar Boulevard. Police warned protesters to disperse or risk being arrested or targeted with chemical munitions.

Warning: Explicit language. At about 11 p.m. Saturday, agitators began smashing windows of businesses up and down Delmar Boulevard. Police warned protesters to disperse or risk being arrested or targeted with chemical munitions.

Police response to the ongoing protests has been criticized in many different circles. A photojournalism student who was arrested a week ago during protests alleges he and others were placed in danger, left in a van with demonstrators who were angry with them as press photographers, according to the Columbia Missourian.

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U.S. Navy scout Justin Ponder takes advantage of the Gateway Region YMCA's 24 locations through a program available after the YMCA merged its St. Louis and metro-east operations in Gateway Region YMCA two years ago.